Race Matters
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This Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, Black Female Workers Say Enough is Enough!
Experts say Black women and their families have less money to survive than their white male counterparts
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Here’s How Black Women Lose $907,680 Over 40 Years
Black women who start working at age 20 have to work until they are nearly 80 years old to be paid what a white man earns by 60.
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Jackson Residents Fight Back, Claiming Officials Neglected The City’s Water for Decades
Last Friday, Jackson, Mississippi, residents filed a civil class action lawsuit alleging officials "neglected" the city's water supply for decades.
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves Makes Fun of Jackson As Water Crisis Continues
The Mississippi Governor said, "it's a great day not to be in Jackson," at a groundbreaking ceremony in Hattiesburg.
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Black Man in Oakland Handcuffed After Being Accused of Stealing His Own Truck
"My hope is that this doesn't happen to anybody else ever again," says Nicole Hirsch, wife of the accused.
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Small Town Horror: The Story of A “Solved” Unsolved Murder
Kendrick Johnson was found dead in 2013, rolled upside down in a wrestling mat. His death was ruled a “weird accident.”
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State Official Gets Caught Sending Racist Meme Mocking Black and Mexican People
The image was sent on the official’s government account.
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KKK Baptist Church Bombing Victim Will Meet With President Biden
Thursday marks 59 years since Sarah Rudolph Collins lost her eye in the attack and has yet to be compensated by the state of Alabama.
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Detroit Highway That Segregated Black Neighborhoods Will Finally Be Demolished With Buttigieg Grant
Michigan received $104.6 million in funding to dismantle Interstate 375, a depressed highway that segregated predominately Black neighborhoods
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Brett Favre’s Mississippi Welfare Fund Scandal Continues With Newly Filed Texts
New texts from 2017 and 2019 showed the former NFL quarterback and former Gov. Phil Bryant allegedly obtained welfare funds to build a volleyball stadium.